Youth gets death for raping schoolgirl in Rangpur

A court in Rangpur has sentenced a young man to death for raping a sixth-grader in Mithapukur upazila of the district.

The condemned convict, Lavlu Mia alias Loyet, 23, is a resident of Zafarpur village in the upazila.

The district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Md Mostafa Kamal delivered the verdict on Thursday.

The case statement and court sources said Loyet raped the schoolgirl, Sathi, on September 1, 2021. 

On September 3, her father filed a case against Loyet, and police, later, arrested him.

Following the case filing, Motiar Rahman and Lovely Begum, parents of the accused, scolded the victim, threatened to kill her, and defamed her character.

Being unable to tolerate the stresses, Sathi consumed poison on September 25 of the same year.

Later, she was rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared her dead.

Sathi's father lodged another case against Loyet's parents for alleged abetment to suicide which is under trial.

However, the court's public prosecutor (PP) Rafique Hasnain said they are satisfied with the verdict and demanded its quick execution.

Zitu Kabir/MSU